Frank Morris (anarchist)

Frank Morris (died 1868) was a British anarchist who planned to blow up the House of Parliament with nitroglycerin in 1868. However, he was killed in an accidental explosion before he could do so.

Biography
Frank Morris was born in London, England to a family of laborers, and he had a job at a factory in the inner city of London. Morris befriended Karl Marx, a German socialist activist who had been spending time in London after being exiled from Germany. Morris developed an interest in workers' rights, and he joined Marx's circle of socialist activists in the city. In 1868, Morris' son died after working an eighteen-hour shift at a factory, severely impacting Morris' life. Morris became an anarchist, planning to destroy the House of Parliament in revenge for the government's lack of care for the working class. Morris stole a shipment of nitroglycerin from the Blighters street gang, and he was killed when a gang member accidentally shot the nitroglycerin, incinerating Morris and the criminal.